THE AGGRESSIVE STUDENT IS GOING THROUGH A PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION SAY DEPUTIES. A SCHOOL SECURITY GUARD ACCUSED OF HAVING AN INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A STUDENT HAS NOW PLEADED GUILTY. ONLY OUR CAMERAS WERE THERE AS 25-YEAR-OLD DOUGLAS TILLY WENT TO COURT THIS MORNING. WHEN HE WAS FIRST ARRESTED IN JANUARY, HE FACED TWO FELONY CHARGES. NOW PROSECUTORS HAVE REDUCED THE CHARGES TO MISDEMEANORS. VIC MICOLUCCI FIRST BROKE THE STORY AND IS JOINING US NOW LIVE. TILLY'S ATTORNEY TELLS ME EVERYONE HAS AGREED AND CONSENTED TO THESE REDUCED CHARGES, DOWN FROM A FELONY TO A MISDEMEANOR. HE SAYS PEOPLE HAVE LEARNED THEIR LESSONS AND NOW EVERYONE JUST WANTS TO MOVE ON. IN COURT THIS MORNING, DOUGLAS TILLY ADMITTED TO HAVING A 17-YEAR-OLD RELATIONSHIP WITH A STUDENT AT A SCHOOL WHERE HE WAS A SECURITY GUARD. THE JUDGE TOOK THE PLEA AND READ HIS PUNISHMENT. HE'LL BE PUT ON THREE YEARS' PROBATION AND HAVE TO UNDERGO PSYCHIATRIC COUNSELING. TILLY MUST STAY AWAY FROM THE 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND HE MUST NOT CONTACT HER. HE WAS GIVEN TWO DAYS IN JAIL, TIME HE ALREADY SERVED WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED. AND YOU MAY REMEMBER IN JANUARY, THE SUPERINTENDENT FIRED HIM FROM DUVAL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. TILLY WAS ORIGINALLY FACING TWO SERIOUS FELONIES. UNLAWFUL INTERCOURSE WITH A MINOR AND TRANSMISSION OF MATERIAL HARMFUL TO A MINOR. THE SECOND CHARGE IS BECAUSE DETECTIVES SAY TILLY WAS SENDING NUDE PHOTOS BACK AND FORTH WITH THE 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND WHEN THE TEEN THREATENED TO BREAK UP WITH HIM, DETECTIVES SAY HE FORWARDED THOSE PICTURES TO HER MOM. BUT TILLY'S ATTORNEY REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH PROSECUTORS AND THE GIRL'S FAMILY TO REDUCE THOSE CHARGES TO MISDEMEANORS. CHILD NEGLECT. AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR. NOW, TILLY HAD NEVER BEEN ARRESTED BEFORE HE WAS CAUGHT IN JANUARY. HE WILL NOT HAVE TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -

Former Duval County school security guard Douglas Tilley pleaded guilty Tuesday to reduced charges of child neglect and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

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Douglas Tilley, 25, was arrested and fired after being accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student.

According to the original arrest affidavit, Tilley developed a relationship with a 17-year-old student at Frank H. Peterson Academies of Technology, where he worked as a security guard. The two exchanged nude photos, police said, and when she threatened to break up with him, he sent the photos to her mother.

Tilley had bonded out of jail on the original charge. On Monday, the original charge was dropped and he was charged with child neglect and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, both misdemeanors.

Tuesday morning, Tilley pleaded guilty to both charges and was placed on three years probation, undergo psychiatric counseling and have no contact with the girl. He was given two days in jail, time he already served.

Tilley's lawyer, David Robbins, said all parties were content with the agreement. Tilley will not have to register as a sex offender.

A letter from Principal Peter Senn firing Tilley says he was fired for "inappropriate conduct with the student ... unbecoming of a Duval County public school employee," according to the file from the school district.

Tilley was hired in August. According to his personnel file, it was his first job at a school. He was fired Jan. 22.

Tilley was making just under $9 an hour as a school board employee. His criminal record was clean.

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